First of all! HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAROL AIMEE. I hope you have a wonderful day and that you are having wonderful last days of being a mother of two and I hope you are ready to be a mother of three. I know you are great and I can't wait to see you in July!
Tonight I am sitting in my livingroom finishing up my thoughts for my sermon tomorrow. I am not a fan of the Saturday night special, but some weeks it happens. I was at a continuing education class on "Leading from within." It was about knowing our spirituality as pastors and how it effects our leadership and how we interact with people. I am a 1 on the enneagram. We did some work with our persona and our shadow sides and then were lead on a guided meditation to "encounter" our shadow. I was a bit overwhelmed, but it was an incredible exercise. I learned a lot about myself, especially how I deal with failure and betrayal and what I do with things that bother me. I also learned some things about myself that I find a bit too personal to share here, but it was valuable to unearth some things that I hadn't known about myself.
I also had some fun throughout the week. I stayed with my friends D and J on Tuesday night and it was fun to see their kids and see how grown up they have become. On Wednesday, I stayed with my friend R. She and I have have been friends since we were about 3. That's at least from when the first pictures are available, our parents knew each other a long time, to say the least. We went out for a fabulous dinner, talked until late, drank two bottles of wine. It was such a fun time. I didn't know I needed to get away until I did, it was fun. I also got some great new clothes on sale. A couple summer shirts. Two pairs of crop pants, one denim another cotton. I also found two pairs of pants that were on clearance and will be perfect for summer and year round. One pair is black, the other pair is narrow striped with black, tan and white. I have to hem those by about an inch, but that is easy.
Now, I'm home and that's good too. Dustin is busy spraying crops. I have helped move water tanks with my day off. I kept up on most of the church duties while gone, so, except for an unfinished sermon, I have done well.
Tonight was two weddings to attend. We went to one wedding, stopped at the reception of the other. We came home early so Dustin could still go spray and I had the church stuff. So, that was good.
Tomorrow is a day of rest, but it won't be much of one. I get to lead worship in the morning. I don't like the summer 8:30 a.m. schedule, but less than three months to go now. Tomorrow night is a going away party for a colleague who is taking a call in Chicago. I am happy for her, she is from there originally and has been in ND for close to 20 years.
I am off for now. I am living on too much caffeine and not enough sleep, so I think I will try to reverse the pattern tonight.
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